Donna Young

Today I had flowers on my mind. If my digital camera worked with batteries, this post would have looked different. I would have posted a few images of the wild flowers, aka, weeds that are blooming in my yard. I collected a few flowers to press.
I did not press any dandelions. Dandelions are usually the [...]

This must have been the year of the cardinals in my backyard. On my frequent trips in my backyard to do garden work or feed the birds, I occasionally came across a cardinal feather. They accumulated over the months and now I have a small collection. I do not keep feathers for long and soon [...]

The summer was very dry in this part of the southeast corner of Tennessee. Most of Tennessee was in drought, and really, large parts of the south had severe drought this summer. Here, milk is over $5 a gallon because of the drought and this area is still in drought.
I’m not complaining. I watered the [...]

While working in the garden yesterday, I found a sunflower bloom on the ground. I do not know why it fell off the stem. I brought the sunflower inside to scan close up images of its parts. The image to the left is scanned at 100%. If you would like to see the rest of [...]

Continued from the Green Caterpillar. This is a combo entry, more below.
After 34 days, the moth finally emerged from its pupa on May 27. The moth is plain and shades of brown. The image indicates that it has light yellow on its wings, but I think that is just a reflection of the flash. The [...]